Kristen Hare

Nov 5, 2024 | poynter.org | Amaris Castillo |Angela Fu |Kristen Hare |TyLisa Johnson

A few decades ago, your options for election coverage could be counted on one hand. Today, the news landscape is overflowing with choices. There’s TV, of course, with local and national options. Print is hanging on in some areas, though results might miss the deadline. Online news sites of all levels of repute are available. And, speaking of ill repute, you could turn to social media, where users often offer more spin than substance.

Aug 9, 2024 | poynter.org | Alex Mahadevan |Anya Schiffrin |Kristen Hare |Amaris Castillo |Angela Fu |Ren LaForme

A reporter resigned and the Cody Enterprise attached corrections to four articles after a competitor noted quotes that appeared real — but weren’t.

Aug 8, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | Alex Mahadevan |Anya Schiffrin |Kristen Hare |Amaris Castillo

Posted Friday, August 9, 2024 10:11 am Powell Tribune staff reporter CJ Baker thought a quote from a game warden in another news outlet seemed fishy. Turns out, it was probably generated by artificial intelligence.

Aug 7, 2024 | poynter.org | Angela Fu |Ren LaForme |Kristen Hare |Poynter faculty

Axios executed its first-ever layoffs Tuesday, cutting roughly 10% of its staff, The New York Times reported. That same day, The Tampa Bay Times announced it was offering buyouts to employees in an effort to reduce its headcount by 20%. The Times will implement layoffs at the end of the month if it does not reach its goal through buyouts. Both news organizations cited industrywide financial challenges for their cuts.

Aug 6, 2024 | poynter.org | Kristen Hare |TyLisa Johnson |Josie Hollingsworth |Angela Fu

The big news last week: After 16 months of imprisonment in Russia under false charges, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was free. The Journal was not the newsroom to break that story, however. Bloomberg News was. And it wasn’t a scoop to celebrate, since it came thanks to what looks like a broken embargo and before Gershkovich and other prisoners were safely back in the United States. In the days since, the story of how that happened has itself become the news.